Late Toney goals increase Burnley worries

Late Toney goals increase Burnley worries

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Ivan Toney
Ivan Toney has scored eight goals in his past six games for Brentford

Burnley’s survival hopes took a huge blow as Ivan Toney’s two late goals for Brentford settled their Premier League match and took the Bees closer to securing safety.

The Clarets looked set to move out of the bottom three until Toney headed in Christian Eriksen’s lovely cross with four minutes to go.

Toney then won a penalty deep into injury time, with Nathan Collins sent off for bringing him down, and he slammed in the spot-kick to seal the win.

Burnley remain a point behind 17th-placed Everton, who have two games in hand, while Brentford are now nine points clear of the Clarets.

Burnley had the best chance of the game until those late strikes when Jay Rodriguez’s swerving 30-yard strike cannoned off the crossbar.

They only had one effort on target, when a terrible Rico Henry backpass played in Maxwel Cornet but his shot was stopped by David Raya.

Toney inflicts big blow on Burnley

Burnley always seem to get out of relegation trouble despite poor starts but their six-year spell in the top flight has rarely been in such danger.

Back-to-back wins in February – along with victory over Brentford in October their only wins of the season – have been followed up by one point from four games.

Sean Dyche’s side either need to win more games in the last 11 matches of the season than the first 27 – or else hope Leeds and Everton, who have both changed managers recently, keep losing.

They created nowhere near enough chances to win, with Cornet’s tame finish and Rodriguez’s thunderous strike the only moments resembling chances.

To make matters worse, Collins’ late red card for denying Toney a clear goalscoring opportunity reduces their options at the back with captain Ben Mee still injured.

Meanwhile, Toney is singlehandedly dragging Brentford to safety – with five goals in the past eight days against teams in the relegation zone.

His hat-trick took care of Norwich in a 3-1 win last weekend and he now has eight goals in his past six games.

Thomas Frank’s side move on to 30 points and this season teams are unlikely to need to reach the 38-point mark to stay up.

They were far from spectacular but they did have the best chances before Toney’s late double.

Eriksen, making his first home start, had a 20-yard deflected shot saved by Nick Pope and Vitaly Janelt headed over the bar.

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Brentford

  1. Squad number1Player nameRaya

  2. Squad number20Player nameAjer

  3. Squad number18Player nameJansson

  4. Squad number5Player namePinnock

  5. Squad number3Player nameHenry

  6. Squad number19Player nameMbeumo

  7. Squad number27Player nameJanelt

  8. Squad number6Player nameNørgaard

  9. Squad number21Player nameEriksen

  10. Squad number7Player nameCanós

  11. Squad number17Player nameToney

  1. Squad number8Player nameJensen

  2. Squad number11Player nameWissa

  3. Squad number15Player nameOnyeka

Burnley

  1. Squad number1Player namePope

  2. Squad number14Player nameRoberts

  3. Squad number22Player nameCollins

  4. Squad number5Player nameTarkowski

  5. Squad number3Player nameTaylor

  6. Squad number17Player nameLennon

  7. Squad number18Player nameWestwood

  8. Squad number8Player nameBrownhill

  9. Squad number11Player nameMcNeil

  10. Squad number9Player nameWeghorst

  11. Squad number20Player nameCornet

  1. Squad number19Player nameRodriguez

Line-ups

Brentford

Formation 4-5-1

  • 1Raya
  • 20Ajer
  • 18Jansson
  • 5Pinnock
  • 3Henry
  • 19MbeumoSubstituted forOnyekaat 90+1′minutes
  • 27Janelt
  • 6NørgaardSubstituted forJensenat 81′minutes
  • 21Eriksen
  • 7CanósSubstituted forWissaat 75′minutes
  • 17ToneyBooked at 86mins

Substitutes

  • 8Jensen
  • 11Wissa
  • 14Ghoddos
  • 15Onyeka
  • 22M Jorgensen
  • 26Baptiste
  • 29Bech Sørensen
  • 30Roerslev
  • 49Lössl

Burnley

Formation 4-4-2

  • 1Pope
  • 14Roberts
  • 22CollinsBooked at 90mins
  • 5TarkowskiBooked at 89mins
  • 3Taylor
  • 17Lennon
  • 18Westwood
  • 8Brownhill
  • 11McNeil
  • 9WeghorstSubstituted forRodriguezat 67′minutes
  • 20Cornet

Substitutes

  • 2Lowton
  • 4Cork
  • 10Barnes
  • 13Hennessey
  • 16Stephens
  • 19Rodriguez
  • 26Bardsley
  • 28Long
  • 37Thomas

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